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"I would get $8 a month allowance from my folks and I spent it all on comics."
I wish you know how much that statement made me laugh.......I too remember my 'crazy for comic books phase', and like you, it was all I thought about (okay.....that may have been more me than you, however, I do sense a kindred spirit) and all I spent my money on (wait a minute.........now that I think about it, it was MOSTLY comic books, with all my other funds going to baseball cards, but still....).
Thanks, for the memory, and thanks for the laugh........ ;-)
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